title: [Sudden death from natural causes among children of preschool and school age (author's transl)].
abstract: Sudden natural death the cause of which can only be found through obduction and further examinations, is an especially dramatic event between the ages of 3 and 18, probably the healthiest period of life. The number of such fatalities recorded in the Institute for legal Medicine, Würzburg University, was 0.6% (38 cases). The three main causes of death were: first, respiratory diseases, second, pathological changes of the brain its vessels and meninges, third, heart disease. Physical stress may have contributed to the time of death in 7 of the 38 cases.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm; D007819:Laryngeal Edema / Q000150:complications; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000150:complications; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000150:complications
vernacular_title: Der plötzliche Tod aus natürlichen Ursachen im Vorschul- und Schulalter.